preoccupy

B2 CET-6 大学 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 抢先占领, 使全神贯注

发音

UK /pɹɪˈɒkjupaɪ/
US /pɹiˈɑkjupaɪ/

词形变化

preoccupied preoccupies 三单 preoccupies preoccupying preoccupying 现在分词 preoccupied 过去式 preoccupied 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

迷住；使全神贯注

释义与例句

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To distract; to draw attention elsewhere.

    及物

    The father tried to preoccupy the child with his keys.

  2. 2.

    To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.

    及物

    It always preoccupies me when he acts like this.

  3. 3.

    To occupy or take possession of beforehand.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

上位词 7

control command assume seize takeover usurp arrogate

下位词 4

ghost haunt obsess prepossess

词源

From pre- + occupy, after Middle French preoccuper, and its source, Latin praeoccupo, praeoccupare. Doublet of preoccupate, now obsolete.

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